Sunday, August 22, 2010

Is the Common Core State Standards Initiative the first step towards nationalizing education?

Foremost, this analysis began with a review of Common Core State Standards for English Language Learners located at: http://www.corestandards.org/assets/application-for-english-learners.pdf
Common Core State Standards are standards written by an unknown force, disseminated to a council, and infiltrated down to each state school district, if allowed. Nationalized means a type of take over.

While reading the above noted ELL core standards, a discrepancy was noted regarding the ownership of the Common Core State Standards Initiative as a whole. One section stated the initiative was led by the state via educators and the other section stated that the initiative was led by a council. An example of such is below:
The Common Core State Standards Initiative is a state-led effort coordinated by the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO). Please see: http://corestandards.org/about-the-standards

However, when one reads into the actual common core standards you find a reversal of the ownership of the Common Core State Standards Initiative.

It states that: The present work, led by the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO)….. Read it here page 1: http://www.corestandards.org/assets/CCSSI_ELA%20Standards.pdf

In review of the question and answers section of the Common Core State Standards Initiative, under the question: Are common core state standards the first step toward nationalizing education? It states that: the federal government has not been involved in the development of the standards. Please note that just because the federal government is not developing the standards, this does not mean an education take over is not in place via the council.

Please see the question answer section here for further verification: http://corestandards.org/frequently-asked-questions

In review of the above noted question and answer sections of the Common Core State Standards Initiative, under the question: Who is leading the Common Core State Standards Initiative? It states that:
Parents, teachers, school administrators and experts from across the country together with state leaders, through their membership in the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) …. In addition, CCSSO and the NGA Center have provided public comment periods for everyone to submit feedback on the draft standards documents. Those comments have been incorporated into the final standards.

Finally, based on reading, it is evident that the council is leading the Common Core State Standards Initiative. This is a form of dictaroship where all school districts will have to meet the same standards despite the diversity of the school. The only entity nationalizing education under the disguise of Common Core State Standards development is the Council. The above noted ambiguity in using the state and council interchangeably, as leading the initiative is indicative of covert, premeditated, education nationalization.

The council is developing, disseminating and infiltrating state standards to the local schools and using local educators for feedback, as stated, and when this process should be reversed. This is called top down nationalization. Is the below Common Core State Standards Initiative map an example of nationalizing education? http://www.corestandards.org/in-the-states.You be the judge! Read and leave a comment.

Meet the council members here page 21:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/29074990/CERTIFIED-W-RECPTS-CRIMINAL-REPORT-FEDERAL-EDUCATION-GRANT-CRIME-RING-MASS-KILLINGS-INFESTATIONS-SCHOOL-REFORM-DEFRAUD-THE-UNTITED-STATES-TREASON
and:
http://www.ccsso.org/Who_We_Are/Board_of_Directors.html

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